darn it i think cees nooteboom actually has got a new book out last year that i hadn't known about and can't seem to get for less than $50. widener only has the dutch and german editions. that upsets me. that, and the fact that mokusei (deals partially with japanese monasteries, i am told, and seems a good pairing with all-souls day) remains unavailable in english, and again widener has only the original.